The first illustrated flora of Sri Lanka
BURMANN, Johannes [and Carl LINNAEUS].
Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes. Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur. Omnia iconibus illustrate, ac descripta ...
Amsterdam, Hendrik & Maria Janssonius van Waesberge and Salomon Schouten, 1737. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With the etched portrait of the author by Jacob Houbraken, 111 full-page numbered etchings, an engraved allegorical title vignette by Adolf van der Laan, several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled "Cambridge panel" binding in brown calf, with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [16], 235, [15], [4], 33, [1] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
Amsterdam, Hendrik & Maria Janssonius van Waesberge and Salomon Schouten, 1737. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With the etched portrait of the author by Jacob Houbraken, 111 full-page numbered etchings, an engraved allegorical title vignette by Adolf van der Laan, several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled "Cambridge panel" binding in brown calf, with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [16], 235, [15], [4], 33, [1] pp. Full description
